From the Chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Members of the campus community are reminded to evaluate Dr. Katherine Conway-Turner, our fourth candidate for the position of president, using the electronic survey. The survey will close tonight, Wednesday, May 14, at 11:59 p.m.
Thank you.
Howard Zemsky
Chair, Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Chair, SUNY Buffalo State Council
From the Chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee
To the SUNY Buffalo State Community:
Our fifth candidate for the position of president at SUNY Buffalo State is Margaret E. Madden, provost and vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Potsdam, who will be on campus May 13–15.
Download the curriculum vitae for Margaret Madden (PDF).
Dr. Madden will present to the campus community during an open forum Wednesday, May 14, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Warren Enters Theatre.
Other open meetings Wednesday, May 14, include:
10:50 to 11:20 a.m., Secretaries/Maintenance/Custodial Staff, Cleveland Hall 205
1:30 to 2:15 p.m., Faculty, Warren Enters Theatre
2:30 to 3:15 p.m., Department Chairs/Directors/AVPs, Warren Enters Theatre
3:30 to 4:15 p.m., Professional Staff, Warren Enters Theatre
4:30 to 5:15 p.m., Graduate and Undergraduate Students, Warren Enters Theatre
The campus community is encouraged to provide feedback about Dr. Madden’s candidacy by filling out an electronic survey. The survey is now open and will close at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, May 15.
Thank you for your ongoing support and participation in this important process. More information on the search is available online at http://suny.buffalostate.edu/presidentsearch.
Sincerely,
Howard Zemsky
Chair, Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Chair, SUNY Buffalo State Council
From the Diversity Program Coordinator
The Equity and Campus Diversity Office is pleased to announce the continuation of the campus’s Equity and Campus Diversity Minigrants. Applications must be submitted at least four weeks before the scheduled activity.
The next project review date for 2013–2014 is Friday, June 13. More information and program grant procedures can be found on the Equity and Campus Diversity website.
Questions? Contact Janet Fehskens, ext. 6210.
From the Chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee
To the SUNY Buffalo State Community:
Our fourth candidate for the position of president at SUNY Buffalo State is Katherine Conway-Turner, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Hood College, who will be on campus May 12–13.
Download the curriculum vitae for Katherine Conway-Turner (PDF).
Dr. Conway-Turner, who will be accompanied by her husband, Dr. Alvin Turner, during her visit to Buffalo, will present to the campus community during an open forum Monday, May 12, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Warren Enters Theatre.
Other open meetings include:
Monday, May 12:
1:30 to 2:15 p.m., Faculty, Warren Enters Theatre
2:30 to 3:15 p.m., Department Chairs/Directors/AVPs, Warren Enters Theatre
3:30 to 4:15 p.m., Professional Staff, Warren Enters Theatre
4:30 to 5:15 p.m., Graduate and Undergraduate Students, Warren Enters Theatre
Tuesday, May 13:
9:45 to 10:15 a.m., Secretaries/Maintenance/Custodial Staff, Cleveland Hall 418
The campus community is encouraged to provide feedback about Dr. Conway-Turner’s candidacy by filling out an electronic survey. The survey is now open and will close at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, May 14.
Thank you for your ongoing support and participation in this important process. More information on the search is available online at http://suny.buffalostate.edu/presidentsearch.
Sincerely,
Howard Zemsky
Chair, Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Chair, SUNY Buffalo State Council
The final College Senate meeting of the spring 2014 semester will be held today at 2:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. Please note the one-hour earlier start time. The meeting agenda is posted on the College Senate website. The Senate Caucus, which is for senators only, will take place at 12:30 p.m., prior to the Senate meeting, in Butler 210.
The College Senate Office wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable summer.
From the Chair of the College Senate
The final meeting of the College Senate for the spring 2014 semester will be held tomorrow, May 9, at 2:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. Please note the one-hour earlier start time. The yearly Senate Caucus will take place before the Senate meeting, at 12:30 p.m., also in Butler 210. The meeting agenda is posted on the College Senate website.
From the Coordinator of Community Engagement
SUNY Buffalo State has officially submitted its application for Carnegie’s 2015 Elective Community Engagement Classification. A copy of the final version is available on the Volunteer and Service-Learning website (PDF). The task force thanks all members of the campus community who provided information and devoted time to the project through open forums, interviews, or other means.
Campuses that applied for the Community Engagement Classification will be notified of Carnegie’s decision in December, and institutions that receive classification will be publicly announced in January 2015. For details about the Carnegie designation or the application process, please see the Carnegie Foundation website.
Sincerely,
Gary Welborn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
Coordinator of Community Engagement
From the Chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee
To the SUNY Buffalo State Community:
Please note that the candidate visit originally scheduled for May 7–9 has been rescheduled to May 13–15.
Download an updated campus interview schedule here (PDF).
Our next finalist will visit campus Monday, May 12, and Tuesday, May 13. His or her name will be announced Friday, May 9.
Thank you for your ongoing support and participation in this important process. More information on the search is available online at http://suny.buffalostate.edu/presidentsearch.
Sincerely,
Howard Zemsky
Chair, Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Chair, SUNY Buffalo State Council
From the Chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Members of the campus community are reminded to evaluate Dr. Howard Cohen, our third candidate for the position of president, using the electronic survey. The survey will close tonight, Monday, May 5, at 11:59 p.m.
The fourth candidate will be announced Wednesday, May 7, one day in advance of his or her visit on Thursday.
Thank you.
Howard Zemsky
Chair, Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Chair, SUNY Buffalo State Council
From the Chief Diversity Officer
The Equity and Campus Diversity Office is pleased to recognize the recipients of the 2013–2014 Equity and Campus Diversity Program Grants. Nine guests were honored at the Dr. Muriel A. Howard 2014 Awards Luncheon for the Promotion of Respect for Equity and Campus Diversity, held Tuesday, April 22.
Please join us in congratulating the following recipients and the sponsored programs implemented. More detailed information on the awarded grants (PDF) is posted on the Equity and Campus Diversity website.
The Changing Same: The Brown Decision Sixty Years Later (October 2013)
Contributed by Wanda Davis, department chair and professor of higher education administration
One Love Week: DISCover the Legend (February 2014)
Contributed by Channel Davis, vice president of the Caribbean Students Organization, and LaTia Sinclair, complex director and adviser for the Caribbean Students Organization
How to Find Value in Other Cultures (March 2014)
Contributed by Jean Gounard, director of international student affairs, and Eve Everette, assistant director of the Anne Frank Project, in collaborative partnership with the Anne Frank Project, the Creative Studies Department, and the Vice President for Student Affairs Office
Women, Traditional Marriage, and Modern Families in Africa: Christian and Nationalist Propaganda in the 20th Century (March 2014)
Contributed by Kenneth Orosz, associate professor of history and social studies education
The Lonely Soldier and the Invisible War: Sexual Assault of Women in the Military (April 2014)
Contributed by Eileen Merberg, interim director of student life
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America, 1900–1912 (April 2014)
Contributed by Carolyn Guzski, assistant professor of music
Revival of the Fittest: Insights into Evolution’s Co-founder, Alfred Wallace (May 2014)
Contributed by Robert Warren, assistant professor of biology
Leveraging the UN: Burden-Sharing for World Peace (preawarded for fall 2014)
Contributed by Kyeonghi Baek, assistant professor of political science
A special thanks to the minigrant committee, consisting of members of the President’s Council on Equity and Campus Diversity.